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Sunday, 20 January 2013

A Sticky Situation...

...in a good way! :)

On Friday I had my latest appointment with the physiotherapist. He did a fair bit of manipulation of my poor ankle, which I'm still feeling the after-effects of now, but he's pleased with my progress and agreed to exchange my crutches for a walking stick :) Bye bye crutches!! After 3 1/2 months I wasn't sorry to hand them back ;)

I had to personalise it with washi tape, of course...

In practice, I only even need the stick if I'm going down steps with no handrail, or if conditions are particularly icy (like, um, the last few days have been!) Yes, that is progress indeed :)

Now, if only the aching would stop, and I could recover the full range of motion in my ankle, and I could drive again..... But I'm doing my best to be patient and focus on how far I've come and not how far I still have to go!

Great progress and personalisation! After I broke a bone in my foot, I found that a hot wheat bag helped both with the pain and the swelling. I also used to get The Brainy One to massage it for me ~ worked a treat!

excellent progress. Remember when going up and down stairs that the good go to heaven the bad go to h*ll so you lead with the good foot going up and the bad foot going down.Oh and you hold the stick in the hand opposite the bad foot, so if it is your right foot that is hurt you put the stick in your left hand. You already know this from the therapist but being OCD I have to tell, sorry.

Ooooh pretty tape on the walking stick :) Yeah for graduating to that from the crutches - carrying cups of tea/coffee is now possible again. Glad things are improving - thought of you as I slipped around on the ice and snow this last week.

I love your personalised walking stick!! So you!! Great news that you don't need it all the time but don't try & rush it...especially with the icy conditions!! Progress always seems to take so long but when you're all recovered & look back, it won't seem so long after all...hang in there!! {{hugs}} :D

Hi Mel, I tagged all the workshop members that had their own blogs, so now I'm on a snoop mission!! Great that you finished with the crutches, and I so love your walking stick, we should all have one of those LOL!!! Well done on your blog btw, I have quite a bit of work to do on mine...

...is what I speak. It describes what I actually say (nonsense, mostly) and how I say it (ie my accent, which is a mixture of all sorts - a bit of North of England, a bit of Irish, a bit of South West England, a lot of just me!) The word comes from my name, Mel, and the fact that I'm one-quarter Welsh. But there's not actually any Welsh in my accent. Go figure...